TrustInOle
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3pm Saturday kickoff again, seems legit. Swear we've played all but 2/3 of our games untelevised already this season.
Ive never seen aWe’ve got mounting injury issues and bizarre tactical selections by Rodgers. No N’didi for a few months. Evans is practically finished, Fofana out for most of the season.
We can’t defend set pieces, or really defend at all currently.
We’ve signed Vestergaard and Bertrand, who were part of the terrible Southampton defence. One of the worst in the league last season and expect us to be solid. They’re currently 50% of our defence. Soyuncu is missing Evans massively.
We didn’t register Mendy, as he was meant to join a Turkish club after our window shut, so we’re stuck with Choudhury in midfield at the N’didi stand in. Opinions on him massively.
Rodgers doesn’t want to play Nacho. Tielemans, Barnes and Maddison are out of form. Daka and Soumare haven’t been bedded in yet.
On the plus side, Vardy has been better in front of goal this season but we just don’t create enough chances for him.
I’d expect us to go with something like:
Kasper
Castagne
Vestergaard
Soyunco
Bertrand
Choudhury
Tielemans
Soumare
Barnes
Lookman / Perez
Vardy
He picked up a bad knee injury against Villa, the day before the 1st lockdown. He’s actually looked okay going forwards but has struggled defensively. With our defensive woes,Rodgers has gone for more defensive line ups, which keeps him out of the team.Why isn't Pereira starting ?
Evans has a bad foot injury, some have stated it’s plantar fasciitis but I’m not entirely sure. He’s our best central defender from an experience point of view, which I know you guys have a joke about, as he was a bit of a bomb scare for you. We’ve missed him badly though.What's the script with Evans? Is he still first choice for you or do you think he's just finished at this level? I did read that he could potentially return for this game.
I don't rate Vestergaard and thought he was really poor when we played Southampton last season. I do rate Bertrand though, particularly in terms of what he contributes on the ball. He might not have started well but I think he'll be a solid signing for you.
Choudhury looked good in the past but I don't think he really featured against us much last season, if I remember right. There was a time where I thought he could go on to become a good player. What happened last season? It seemed like he didn't get much of a chance.
What has Soumare been like so far? He looked an interesting prospect at Lille and was a player that many on here wanted us to sign at one stage.
McTominay and Pogba CM?! That definitely is not a pair that should ever feature together again.Team should be...
---------------------De Gea---------------------
AWB-----Bailly-----Lindelof-----Shaw
------McTominay------Pogba------
Greenwood---Bruno---Sancho
--------------------Ronaldo--------------------
Subs: Henderson, Dalot, Telles, Matic, VDB, Mata, Lingard, Rashford, Amad
Hope Vardy has mercy on our CB's, the way teams have been countering on us this season this could easily be a repeat of that 5-3 under LVG
Matic + McTominay / VdB I think.I'm guessing the back 4 and front 4 practically picks itself and with Fred not available Ole surely has to try something different in midfield.
What's the alternative? Last two times Matic played against Leicester Ndidi and Tielemans rang rings around himMcTominay and Pogba CM?! That definitely is not a pair that should ever feature together again.
McTominay can't hold. Pogba can only be in a 2 with Matic or Fred (at a push).
You lot will play like vintage Barcelona on Saturday and take us to the cleaners. Even though it sounds like Leicester are in a bit of a sh*t storm at the minute, it'll still be to much fir United, we(Ole) literally haven't got a clue (a) how to keep a clean sheet and(b) win a game of football. All that and we have the scariest run of fixtures to look forward to .We’ve got mounting injury issues and bizarre tactical selections by Rodgers. No N’didi for a few months. Evans is practically finished, Fofana out for most of the season.
We can’t defend set pieces, or really defend at all currently.
We’ve signed Vestergaard and Bertrand, who were part of the terrible Southampton defence. One of the worst in the league last season and expect us to be solid. They’re currently 50% of our defence. Soyuncu is missing Evans massively.
We didn’t register Mendy, as he was meant to join a Turkish club after our window shut, so we’re stuck with Choudhury in midfield at the N’didi stand in. Opinions on him massively.
Rodgers doesn’t want to play Nacho. Tielemans, Barnes and Maddison are out of form. Daka and Soumare haven’t been bedded in yet.
On the plus side, Vardy has been better in front of goal this season but we just don’t create enough chances for him.
I’d expect us to go with something like:
Kasper
Castagne
Vestergaard
Soyunco
Bertrand
Choudhury
Tielemans
Soumare
Barnes
Lookman / Perez
Vardy
I seem to remember matic playing very well for 60 minutes and then started getting tired. He would be a good option to start and then sub him around 60 minute mark for one of McFred.What's the alternative? Last two times Matic played against Leicester Ndidi and Tielemans rang rings around him
Hasn't football always been about that?All the games now will be about “let’s score more than the opposition”.
No, back in the days we used to win by regularly scoring less than the opposition. Such was SAF's brillianceHasn't football always been about that?
No, back in the days we used to win by regularly scoring less than the opposition. Such was SAF's brilliance
Liverpool also lost their other CBs in Matip and Gomez. They had to play two midfielders at CB some of the time, or their CBs from the youth team etc.when you think about what happened to liverpool last year after missing van dijk it is a bit scary that we now lost our two best defenders. really hope we win and harry is back soon
Luckily Leicester have worse problems in defence and also Ndidi is missing.when you think about what happened to liverpool last year after missing van dijk it is a bit scary that we now lost our two best defenders. really hope we win and harry is back soon
Unlike Liverpool who lost all their defenders and had to play midfielders at CB, we actually have two CBs who cost £65m+ and are on substantial wages. If they can’t fill in when needed, in the position they were bought to play in, then I’m not sure what they’re doing at the club.when you think about what happened to liverpool last year after missing van dijk it is a bit scary that we now lost our two best defenders. really hope we win and harry is back soon
My favourite city in Britain.Hah yeah. Basically they reckon if the fair weather fans that like to watch the big clubs can’t watch them they are more likely to go and support their local team.
Absolute nonsense, I live in Cardiff, less than 2 miles from their stadium, not being able to see United at 3pm on a Saturday in no way whatsoever encourages me to go and watch a Cardiff game live. Not in the slightest.
Really?My favourite city in Britain.
I can only guess that it's down to work ethic.Can any Leicester fans explain why Under wasn't given a chance? Work ethic? Physicality?
Looked the only decent Turkish player at the euros and off to a good start in France.
So are Leicester fans pissed off with Rodgers barely giving him a chance or do they understand letting him go?I can only guess that it's down to work ethic.
Did more offensively in a few games than Perez did all season, but Perez always got the nod, and I presume it's because he's a had worker (even though he gets knocked down by a mild breeze).
Matic is the only option unless Fred somehow gets back in time. I feel McTominay can only play the box-to-box role and that's only in certain games. Scott and Pogba just left a huge hole against Villarreal and I don't recall Scott ever sitting well.What's the alternative? Last two times Matic played against Leicester Ndidi and Tielemans rang rings around him
Craig Pawson